Comic opera in two acts
Words by LORENZO DA PONTE Music by Mozart (sung in Italian)
'The man who founds his hopes on the heart of a woman might as well seek to plough the sea. sow seeds in gravel, or hope to catch the wandering wind in a net.'
CHORUS AND ORCHESTRA OF THE BAVARIAN STATE OPERA conducted by WOLFGANG SAWALLISCH
(Bavarian Radio recording of a performance at the Bavarian State Opera, Munich, last February) Act 1
3.25* In Short
Donald Mitchell discusses the significance of the quotations in Act 2 of Cosi fan tutte.
3.35* Cost fan tutle. Act 2